2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League

The 2018–19 Women's EHF Champions League was the 26th edition of the Women's EHF Champions League, the competition for top women's clubs of Europe, organized and supervised by the European Handball Federation.[1]

Women's EHF Champions League
2018–19
Tournament information
SportHandball
Dates7 September 2018–12 May 2019
Teams16 (group stage)
8 (qualification)
Websiteehfcl.com
Final positions
Champions Győri ETO KC
Runner-up Rostov-Don
Tournament statistics
Matches played96
Goals scored5229 (54.47 per match)
Attendance289,808 (3,019 per match)
Top scorer(s) Linn Jørum Sulland (89 goals)

Győri ETO defended their title by defeating Rostov-Don 25–24 in the final, to win their fifth overall and third straight title.

Competition format

16 teams participated in the competition, divided in four groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the main round.

Main round

The 12 qualified teams were divided in two groups who played in a round robin, home and away format. The points and the goal difference gained against the qualified teams in the first round were carried over. The top four teams in each group qualified for the quarterfinals.

Knockout stage

After the quarterfinals, the culmination of the season, the Women's EHF Final four, continued in its existing format, with the four top teams from the competition competing for the title.

Team allocation

14 teams were directly qualified for the group stage.[2]

Group stage
København Håndbold Odense Håndbold Brest Bretagne Handball Metz Handball
Thüringer HC FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria Győri ETO KC ŽRK Budućnost
Larvik HK Vipers Kristiansand CSM București Rostov-Don
RK Krim IK Sävehof
Qualification tournaments
Podravka Koprivnica SG BBM Bietigheim Jomi Salerno MKS Lublin
SCM Craiova ŽORK Jagodina BM Bera Bera Muratpaşa BSK

Round and draw dates

Phase Draw date
Qualification tournaments 27 June 2018
Group stage 29 June 2018
Knockout stage
Final Four
(Budapest)
16 April 2019

Qualification stage

The draw was held on 27 June 2018. The two winners of the qualification tournaments advanced to the group stage. The second and third placed teams were translate to the third round of EHF Cup; the fourth places entered in the second round.[3]

Qualification tournament 1

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
SG BBM Bietigheim33
 
9 September
 
BM Bera Bera27
 
SG BBM Bietigheim34
 
8 September
 
MKS Lublin19
 
MKS Lublin28
 
 
Jomi Salerno17
 
Third place
 
 
9 September
 
 
BM Bera Bera40
 
 
Jomi Salerno20

Qualification tournament 2

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 September
 
 
SCM Craiova31
 
9 September
 
ŽORK Jagodina18
 
SCM Craiova21
 
8 September
 
Podravka Koprivnica22
 
Podravka Koprivnica35
 
 
Muratpaşa BSK22
 
Third place
 
 
9 September
 
 
ŽORK Jagodina26
 
 
Muratpaşa BSK24

Group stage

The draw was held on 29 June 2018. In each group, teams play against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches.[4]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET BUD ODE LAR
1 Metz Handball 6 4 1 1 166 133 +33 9 Main round 25–24 41–26 31–20
2 ŽRK Budućnost 6 4 0 2 152 142 +10 8 23–19 31–28 26–25
3 Odense Håndbold 6 2 1 3 155 165 10 5 19–19 22–26 27–23
4 Larvik HK 6 1 0 5 137 170 33 2 EHF Cup 21–31 23–22 25–33
Source: EHF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS KOB BRE SÄV
1 Rostov-Don 6 5 1 0 178 146 +32 11 Main round 30–25 30–24 30–21
2 København Håndbold 6 3 1 2 175 157 +18 7 21–27 32–28 33–22
3 Brest Bretagne Handball 6 2 2 2 182 172 +10 6 29–29 28–28 34–26
4 IK Sävehof 6 0 0 6 144 204 60 0 EHF Cup 26–32 22–36 27–39
Source: EHF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO KRI THÜ KOP
1 Győri ETO KC 6 6 0 0 210 140 +70 12 Main round 39–23 31–28 37–17
2 RK Krim 6 2 2 2 153 164 11 6 23–32 27–20 27–20
3 Thüringer HC 6 1 1 4 153 173 20 3[lower-alpha 1] 22–38 26–26 26–28
4 Podravka Koprivnica 6 1 1 4 142 181 39 3[lower-alpha 1] EHF Cup 27–33 27–27 23–31
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. Thüringer HC 57–51 Podravka Koprivnica

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BUC KRI FER BIE
1 CSM București 6 4 0 2 185 171 +14 8 Main round 26–31 36–31 32–24
2 Vipers Kristiansand 6 3 1 2 180 162 +18 7 27–29 35–27 27–27
3 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 6 3 0 3 174 186 12 6 28–34 27–26 33–30
4 SG BBM Bietigheim 6 1 1 4 162 182 20 3 EHF Cup 30–28 26–34 25–28
Source: EHF

Main round

In each group, teams played against each other in a double round-robin format, with home and away matches. Points against teams from the same group are carried over.

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MET ROS BUD ODE KOB BRE
1 Metz Handball 10 7 1 2 299 242 +57 15[lower-alpha 1] Quarterfinals 29–25 25–24 41–26 36–24 39–26
2 Rostov-Don 10 7 1 2 261 241 +20 15[lower-alpha 1] 18–26 24–22 25–19 30–25 30–24
3 ŽRK Budućnost 10 5 1 4 245 248 3 11 23–19 20–23 31–28 29–27 28–27
4 Odense Håndbold 10 3 2 5 246 267 21 8[lower-alpha 2] 19–19 26–30 22–26 25–23 28–24
5 København Håndbold 10 3 2 5 271 280 9 8[lower-alpha 2] 36–33 21–27 31–20 24–24 32–28
6 Brest Bretagne Handball 10 0 3 7 253 297 44 3 21–32 29–29 22–22 24–29 28–28
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. Metz Handball 55–43 Rostov-Don
  2. Odense Håndbold 49–47 København Håndbold

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GYO VIP FER BUC KRI THÜ
1 Győri ETO KC 10 8 2 0 333 267 +66 18 Quarterfinals 33–29 32–32 36–27 39–23 31–28
2 Vipers Kristiansand 10 6 0 4 288 265 +23 12[lower-alpha 1] 26–33 35–27 27–29 29–21 31–24
3 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 10 5 2 3 298 306 8 12[lower-alpha 1] 32–32 27–26 28–34 31–27 30–29
4 CSM București 10 5 1 4 292 282 +10 11 25–27 26–31 36–31 32–26 23–23
5 RK Krim 10 2 1 7 243 281 38 5 23–32 24–25 23–25 23–22 27–20
6 Thüringer HC 10 0 2 8 255 308 53 2 22–38 21–29 32–35 30–38 26–26
Source: EHF
Notes:
  1. Vipers Kristiansand 61–54 FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria

Knockout stage

The top four placed teams from each of the two main round groups advanced to the knockout stage.

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CSM București 48–54 Metz Handball 26–31 22–23
Odense Håndbold 49–62 Győri ETO KC 28–29 21–33
FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 48–62 Rostov-Don 26–29 22–33
ŽRK Budućnost 37–49 Vipers Kristiansand 19–24 18–25

Final four

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May
 
 
Vipers Kristiansand22
 
12 May
 
Győri ETO KC31
 
Győri ETO KC25
 
11 May
 
Rostov-Don24
 
Metz Handball25
 
 
Rostov-Don27
 
Third place
 
 
12 May
 
 
Vipers Kristiansand31
 
 
Metz Handball30

Final

12 May 2019
18:00
Rostov-Don 24–25 Győri ETO KC László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 12,000
Referees: Brehmer, Skowronek (POL)
Abbingh 7 (11–15) Amorim 7
  Report   

Awards and statistics

All-Star Team

The all-star team and awards were announced on 10 May 2019.[5]

Other awards

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[6]
1 Linn Jørum Sulland Vipers Kristiansand 89
2 Noémi Háfra FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 80
Jovanka Radičević CSM București
4 Ana Gros Brest Bretagne Handball 76
5 Andrea Lekić CSM București 73
Nycke Groot Győri Audi ETO
7 Iveta Luzumová Thüringer HC 71
Henny Reistad Vipers Kristiansand
Grâce Zaadi Metz Handball
10 Nerea Pena FTC-Rail Cargo Hungaria 69

References

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